JohnnysGardens.com I am going to pursue my business of setting up raised or unraised garden beds in South Florida. For those that want it, Raspberry pi connected gardens. Raised beds make the most since because they drain well. In Florida there are wet and dry seasons, but you can always get
Superhuman Brain So, I was unlucky and got spied on by the CIA, they were using me as an oracle to see what the next generation would be thinking about ending their scams such as Federal Reserve and Keynesianism. What happened was I was early on the internet in an upper middle
Reaction to World Markets (Coronavirus/Bubble) The reaction of the world markets after this virus and a record high American stock index is hilarious. Stimulus is the last thing you need. Lower prices benefit savers. Deflation is good, especially in this digitally connected world where cost changes down supply chain are instant. Deflation means a decrease
Catching up DeFi Blockchain Advancements I have been interested in Bitcoin since 2011 and I have decided to learn about other blockchain applications. The coolest theme I discovered is completely decentralized banking. Compound.finance and Argent both provide supply APY and borrowing abilities. Some of the cool apps * Start Earning 6% In Just 3 Taps
Ron Paul - Revival of the Liberty Movement Ron Paul was inspirational when I started to learn about the Federal Reserve and what American money really was. It was a shocking educational journey which started when an applicable video of Ron Paul questioning Ben Bernanke in the Congress was posted on Digg.com, the precursor to Reddit. After
T.J. Edwards - Philadelplhia Eagles My cousin worked hard on the Wisconsin Badgers and made it into the NFL. He’s on the Eagles, #57 Linebacker. He’s one of the last born Herb and Catherine Lambrechts’ grandchildren. The son of my Dad’s sister Cathy and her husband Vince Edwards. T.J. is great,
Itron, Inc. and Smart Infrastructure The company which manages ComEd smart meters and Chicago Street Lights is called Itron. They have infrastructure to manage meters and ensure uptime to ensure there is no waste in infrastructure systems. Itron has been making strides in transforming city and utility company infrastructure to become smart and adaptable. They
Austrian Economics and the Business Cycle The business cycle is something we are taught in school. We are told that it is a certainty in economics. Austrian Economists have proved that the business cycle has a cause. The cause of the business cycle is coercive control of the money supply and market intervention. Murray Rothbard is
Unbxd JSON Feed to CSV Python Script import json, os, csv def create_list_from_json(jsonfile): with open(jsonfile) as f: data = json.load(f) data_list = [] for item in data['feed']['catalog']['add']['items']: data_list.append(item) return data_list def write_csv(): item_list = create_
A Short Story “Hey Allie!” “What’s up Bill, I haven’t seen you around” Allie Barnes lived in an underground garden apartment in Chicago’s Near South side Douglas neighborhood. Only the top windows had a glimpse of sunlight. These living areas sprung up in Chicago around the time the city raised
Tiling Window Managers Tiling window managers are almost a necessity if you log in to many applications throughout the day. When so many different apps come together on limited real estate, having them tile in different ways makes my job easier. It makes sense to do things other than just floating windows on
Music Player Daemon I started listening to music on the radio. Now I run my own radio for personal use. It’s run on MPD and it broadcasts at 320kbps over HTTP. Internet radio is now known as streaming, like Spotify and Pandora. MPD is a server daemon which loads your music folder
How to get into Reading The thing you need most for reading is the ability to read. To read and enjoy it. To read and understand all he nuances of books is like learning a new hobby. There is always another thing to discover. Books open up a whole new medium of communication and can
Lambrechts, Reilly, Austrheim, Howard Family Tree I completed a large portion of my family tree. The tools I found on Ancestry that helped the most were the European Records which I paid for. The Europeans kept very detailed records of emigration during the immigrant rush during the first 100 years of America’s founding. My O’
Tracking Finances in GnuCash Information on how to download PNC and Capital One transactions. I’ve started tracking my finances in Gnucash. It builds great reports. I exported data from 90days – 1 year and categorized every transaction on 3 accounts that I use for daily spending. It was hard to find the button on
WordPress on GKE with self hosted MySQL/Mariadb I had $200 credit remaining on Google cloud and I start work tomorrow morning. I decided to learn more about it as it’s what I’ll be using at PeakActivity.com. I deployed a 2 node with 2vcpu’s and 7.50GB of total RAM. This site will now
Settling in South Florida It’s great to be back near my family. My niece and nephew, Gracie and Donovan live here and they are growing up fast so it’s nice to be back. My parents also live in Florida. The salty air and sunshine is refreshing. It’s definitely growing on me,
Tracking Used Books Across the World I’m going to start tagging every used book I read with Book Crossing codes. Book Crossing is a cool website that tracks the book once it’s tagged. You put that code in the website and post journal entries before you share the book with the next reader. The